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IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE-RAKES.

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TO WHOM IT MAY GONCERN:

Be it known that I, HENRY V. FARMS, ot' Richmond, Indiana, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Re\'olving Hay-Rakes g 4and I hereby Vdeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the saine, reference being had to the drawings which accompany this specification, and to the letters of reference marked therein.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved rake, and

Figure 2is`a View of the same when folded up for transportation.

My invention relates to that class cnf-revolving hay-rakes constructed with double heads, in which the raketeeth serve as handles at each alternate revolution of the rake. l

My invention consists in the employment oi' a self-adjusting draw-bar, working freely upon oblique posts which connect the rake-heads, said bar being fitted with loose pins to prevent hay orgrain from passing through whenin use.

In hg. 1, aa represent tivo rake-heads of proper size and length, and are the teeth, which :are let into the lower surface oi' the rake-heads any desirable portion of this thickness and firmly secured, and serve: as runners or bearers for the rake, and prevent the heads of the rake from coming in contact with the ground. 'Ilierake-heads are connected together by posts e c, setting obliquely, and by stay-rods n n. These parts are hinged to the heads a a, and by removing the stay-rods at n the head and the teeth fold together, as shown at iig. 2. '.lhe draw-bar e extends entirely across the frame of the rake, the outside ends being:r fitted to receive the hooks and loops a o, and is mortised to receive the posts c e, upon which it slides freely upon each revolution of the rake. rlhe draw-bar c is further provided-With pins-tt u u, which slide freely in their holes in said bar, and serve to prevent the escape of hay or grain inthe operation of the rake. When desired va canvas maybe used in connection with the draw-bar, by which the `finest material my be gathered and saved. '.lhe manner of fastening the teeth upon the lower surface of the rake has the advantage of preventing the rake-head from coming in Contact with the surface of the ground. ,i v

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The draw-bare, posts c c,`and sliding-pins u u u, when operating and constructed substantially as herein set forth.

' H. V. FARRIS. Witnesses:

WM. T. DENNIS, JAMES S. JUKEs. 

